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Bulletproof - Afterlives of Anticolonial Prophecy in South Africa and Beyond (Paperback)
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Bulletproof - Afterlives of Anticolonial Prophecy in South Africa and Beyond (Paperback)
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List price R175
Loot Price R137
Discovery Miles 1 370
You Save R38 (22%)
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In 1856 and 1857, in response to a prophet's command, the Xhosa
people of southern Africa killed their cattle and ceased planting
crops; the resulting famine cost tens of thousands of lives. Much
like other millenarian, anticolonial movements - such as the Ghost
Dance in North America and the Birsa Munda uprising in India -
these actions were meant to transform the world and liberate the
Xhosa from oppression. Despite the movement's momentous failure to
achieve that goal, the event has continued to exert a powerful pull
on the South African imagination ever since. It is these afterlives
of the prophecy that Jennifer Wenzel explores in Bulletproof.
Wenzel examines literary and historical texts to show how writers
have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle
killing-harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to
their contemporary predicaments. Widening her lens, Wenzel also
looks at how past failure can both inspire and constrain movements
for justice in the present, and her brilliant insights into the
cultural implications of prophecy will fascinate readers across a
wide variety of disciplines.
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